According to Bloomberg, Epic Games, the developer of Fort Night, is developing a brand-new search-and-out shooting game featuring Disney’s role, which is expected to be launched in November 2026. This unnamed work, together with two other unpublished games, is alleged to have been the result of Disney ‘ s investment of $1.5 billion to Epic in 2024.
According to Bloomberg sources, the search was similar to ARC Raiders. The latter was very successful after the fire broke out late last year. Those who were aware of Disney and Epic said that there was optimism within Epic that the project had been launched, but that the internal review also expressed concern about the originality of the game mechanism. Since Disney announced an investment in Epic, a large number of players have joined Fort Night. The recent Bas Light Year and the Zachian Skin Program, last month ‘ s Star Wars games, have also been associated with the World War II.
It is not clear that Epic plans to introduce those players in the Disney’s massive IP in a new search and removal game, and more details about the two partnerships are vague. Bloomberg reported that the plan was the final launch of at least two and three games. There is currently no information on their respective patterns, and sources say that the second game is evaluated internally and that resources for the third game have been reallocated to other items. Bloomberg reported that Disney was “disappointed” by the game developers’ progress on other projects, which prompted the decision to allocate resources. Epic Senior Director of Global Communications, Liz Markman, told Bloomberg that his report “does not reflect the ambition of Disney’s cooperation” and added: “We are building a new Disney experience of play and entertainment. “Epic’s timetable has always been radical. We have moved a large number of developers to near-developed projects, while smaller prototype teams are working on longer-term projects.”
A representative of Disney said to Bloomberg that it remained “focusing on long-term cooperation with Epic, which has a strong momentum and remains unchanged in the construction of a transformative game and entertainment universe”. It is worth mentioning that Epic announced 1,000 layoffs a few weeks ago on the grounds of the decline in the participation of the Fort Night player and the company’s insufficiency. Another announcement confirmed the closure of its Rocket Racing, Ballistic and Festival Battle Stage experiences. At the same time, at the end of last month, the tech journalist Alex Heath revealed on The Town podcast that Disney allegedly intended to buy Epic at some point in time.
